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Music: Creative Music Technology with Foundation Year

  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Peel Park Campus
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Course summary

As the first UK institution to offer pioneering and distinctive courses in Popular Music and Recording and Band Musicianship, our reputation for innovation and excellence within music education continues to flourish. This course builds upon our long-standing reputation and offers a full specialisation in the field of music technology.

The foundation year of this four-year programme aims to provide you with an understanding of the subject to allow you to progress on to the BA (Hons) Music: Creative Music Technology course.

The studio recording and production modules enable you to develop confidence in traditional studio skills, backed up by a solid academic understanding of historical developments and aesthetic considerations. Audio for Media trains you in the specific discipline of composing, arranging and producing audio for film, radio and television. Studio Composition covers a broad range of technical and genre viewpoints, from popular electronic music techniques to electro-acoustic composition. Thorough technical training and the study of acoustics underpin all of the creative work undertaken through the course.

You will also study as an instrumental performer, receiving one-to-one tuition on your instrument in your first year. Salford's proximity to Manchester city centre means you will be able to take full advantage of the region's world-renowned music scene as both an active participant and an enquiring spectator.

Many of our graduates have gone on to forge careers as signed recording artists, professional performers, studio producers and engineers, live sound engineers and freelance composers/arrangers.

You will

  • Prepare to progress to our degree programme

  • Be able to take advantage of the region's world-renowned music scene

  • Study as an instrumental performer as well as learning creative music technology

This course is not open to international students.

Modules

Foundation Year

  • Foundation Musicianship Skills
  • Introduction to Music Theory
  • Case Studies
  • Foundation Performance Studies
  • Music Theory and Compositional Techniques
  • Introduction to Music Technology

Year 1

  • Fundamentals of Composition, Arranging and Technology
  • Popular Music Style and Genre
  • Performance Studies
  • Applied Composition and Technology
  • Interpreting Popular Music
  • Musicianship Skills - Creative Music Technology

Year 2

  • Studio Composition
  • Audio for Media
  • Studio Recording and Production
  • Professional Development in the Creative Industries
  • Advanced Studio Composition
  • Advanced Studio and Location Recording

Year 3

  • Project Scope
  • Negotiated Major Project
  • Professional Practice

This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Peel Park Campus

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
WH74
Institution code:
S03
Campus name:
Peel Park Campus
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Foundation

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
WH74
Institution code:
S03
Campus name:
Peel Park Campus
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

International applicants

This course is not suitable for international students. If you are an international student and interested in a foundation year study pathway, the University of Salford website has details of the International Foundation Year.

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
48 points

This is the minimum UCAS tariff for consideration. Additional entry requirements may also apply. Please call our Clearing line on +44(0)300 555 5030 for the latest requirements and availability.

A level

72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.

General Studies not accepted.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MPP

To include a Music subject.

Access to HE Diploma

72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.

Scottish Higher

72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.

AS

AS levels are accepted in combination with Level Three qualifications; including A-levels and BTECs.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Scottish Advanced Higher

72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
24 points

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent) is required. Maths at grade C/level 4 or above is preferred but not essential.
You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as the Level 3 qualification requirement.

T Level
Pass (D or E)

D or E in core subject

Additional entry requirements

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